Life is good.

Today I slept until noon. Yesterday I slept until almost noon. I usually hate sleeping past 10 at the latest, but it felt really good to just lie in bed for a while.

I chatted with my sister a bit today. I love our random little chats. They mostly revolve around her and her life, but I'm okay with that. I like feeling like we can be friends. I already know that if we weren't sisters, we probably wouldn't be friends. I guess that's why it's a good thing we're sisters.

I had a really good conversation with my mom on Christmas Eve while we made uszki (like pierogi, but smaller and shaped like pig ears... they go in the barszcz- beet soup) for Wigilia (Christmas Eve dinner). I don't think I've had that good a conversation with my mom in years, if ever. I learned a lot about her. It was great.

I think this was one of the best Christmases of my life. Spending time with my mom was nice, and dinner with the whole family was great. I got through the food better than in previous years (we have to have a little bit of everything, including herring and saurkraut... and I hate both), and it felt like everyone got along a lot better than usual. Midnight mass was nice, and Christmas day was very relaxed. There weren't many gifts (though I did get a navigation thing for my car!), so we pretty much just hung out as a family. I also got to play Apples to Apples with my sister, dad, cousin, and uncle.

Today I helped Adrienne with her speech. It was a lot of fun... I definitely still miss competing a little bit. I'm glad she liked my topic idea though! When we read the book about the history of marriage at school, I was bummed I had never thought of the topic in high school. Now Adrienne gets to use it! I think she'll have a lot of fun with it.

I've decided that curling my hair is my new favorite thing.

I think I'm going to make cookies tomorrow... :)